[Sport] European round-up: Robert Lewandowski hits hat-trick as Bayern Munich leave it late to win Der Klassiker

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Leon Goretzka and Robert Lewandowski scored late on to keep Bayern Munich top of the Bundesliga with 4-2 comeback win over Borussia Dortmund in Der Klassiker.

Lewandowski completed his hat-trick in the final minute, shortly after Goretzka put Bayern ahead for the first time, long after Erling Haaland had fired the visitors 2-0 ahead inside nine minutes.

 

The win keeps Bayern two points clear of RB Leipzig, who had increased the pressure on the defending champions earlier with a 3-0 win at Freiburg.

 

It was the sixth consecutive league game where Dortmund conceded at least four goals at the Allianz Arena, a bitter blow for Edin Terzic's team after frustrating Bayern for the first 88 minutes.

The visitors made a furious start. Haaland scored in the second minute with the help of a deflection from Bayern defender Jerome Boateng, seven minutes before Thorgan Hazard set him up for a tap-in.

 

But Lewandowski pulled one back in the 26th and equalised from the penalty spot before the interval after Mahmoud Dahoud fouled Kingsley Coman in the area, confirmed courtesy of a VAR review.

 

Haaland hurt his right foot after a challenge from Boateng and had to go off on the hour mark, before Goretzka capitalised on a defensive mistake to make the breakthrough in off the left post, and Lewandowski claimed his 31st goal of the season in the dying moments.

 

 

Lionel Messi provided two assists as Barcelona overcame a difficult trip to Osasuna on Saturday to win 2-0 and move to within two points of La Liga leaders Atletico Madrid.

Messi helped Barca take the lead on the half-hour mark when he carved open Osasuna's defence with a superb cross-field ball to Jordi Alba, who controlled before blasting into the roof of the net.

He then laid the ball off when 18-year-old midfielder Ilaix Moriba struck in the 83rd minute, producing a confident finish inside the post from outside the area to score his first goal for the club in only his third league appearance.

 

 

Barca stay second but moved on to 56 points after 26 games, two points behind Atletico Madrid who have played 24 matches and host third-placed Real Madrid on Sunday. Osasuna are 13th on 28.

Sevilla slumped to a surprise 2-1 defeat at struggling Elche in La Liga to complete a miserable week of three consecutive losses.

Julen Lopetegui's side were reeling from their Copa del Rey semi-final elimination by Barcelona on Wednesday and fell behind in the 70th minute when Raul Guti appeared unmarked in the box to smash home a cross after Elche attacked following a throw-in